Geology Picture of the Week, Jan. 4-10, 2009: One of the Seven Wonder nominees

New 7 Wonders of Nature ^

[cogitator]

I guess I heard about this before, but I just read that voting reopened. Go to the linked site for more information, and you can vote if you want to. With all deference to all of the wonders of South America, is there anything that can beat this:

An even more spectacular shot is at the site below; can't use a shared link. Find Angel Falls and click to see the big pic.

Waterfalls of the World

One more:

[cogitator]

North America is under-represented; hard to vote against the Grand Canyon, but the national park category doesn't include Yellowstone? C'mon.

[cogitator]

** ping **

[Kirkwood]

That site triggered a slew of warnings by my spyware checker.

[count-your-change]

Actually those falls were located in North America. But when the Indians heard that the white man was coming they moved them out of the country for safety.